Hanger Bracket Using Frame Internal Channel to Reduce Hardware
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of effective solutions for securely hanging canvas art attached to internal frames on walls without using excessive hardware, which can lead to instability and inaccurate placement, as existing methods either fail to secure the canvas adequately or prevent the frame from being flush against the wall.
Innovation Solution
A bracket system comprising a base with legs forming a planar portion and an attachment pin, designed to be mounted on the frame's internal channel, allowing secure attachment to a wall without additional hardware, utilizing the frame's internal channel to eliminate the need for extra fasteners and ensuring the frame is flush against the wall.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional hardware (picture wire, D-ring hangers, sawtooth hanger) is installed on the frame, then the canvas is secured more securely to the wall, but the frame cannot be flush against the wall and additional hardware components are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the functions of traditional hanging hardware with the frame's internal channel structure. The bracket integrates a mounting component that engages with the existing channel, eliminating the need for separate picture wire, D-rings, or sawtooth hangers while maintaining secure attachment and enabling flush mounting against the wall.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket acts as an intermediary component that connects the frame's internal channel to the wall. It engages with the existing channel structure and provides the attachment function, eliminating the need for additional hardware while achieving both security and flush mounting.
2Ease of operation
If exposed nails are used to hang the wooden frame, then installation is simple, but the canvas and frame are not secured to the wall and can fall off if bumped
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket serves as an intermediary that engages with the frame's internal channel and extends to attach to the wall. This provides both the simplicity of a single-component installation and the reliability of secure attachment, eliminating the need for exposed nails while maintaining ease of installation.
3Reliability
If additional fasteners are used to attach the bracket to the frame, then the bracket is securely mounted, but the internal channel is wasted and more hardware is required
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed to utilize the frame's internal channel for mounting, making the channel functional rather than wasted. The bracket engages with the channel structure itself, eliminating the need for additional fasteners while achieving secure mounting through the channel's inherent structural properties.
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AI summary
A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.